[SMacEslin]

I've noticed two very faint horizontal lines on the monitor at all resolutions and color depths. Is this *normal*? Should I be concerned?

I assume you have an aperture grille type monitor and yes, the lines are normal. It's part of the support for the aperture grille inside the CRT (picture tube).

[pdot]

Is that the same explanation for vertical lines on a LG Studioworks 995E, also?

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[Cipher13]

I don't imagine it is... generally those lines (they are wires) are horizontal. They help stabilise the picture tube... hit the side of an iMac, hard. the picture will move around a lot for a while... do the same to the ASD 17, and it won't.
Perosnally I'd rather have it move around than forever have those damn lines... they are a pain in the ass...
Unfortunately they are normal, so I can't do anything about it...
It could be the same explanation, but it makes more sense to have them horizontal...
Note, I also have vertical lines on my ASD 17... and a dead pixel. Will be getting it fixed... the vertical lines look more like stains than purposeful wires.

Cipher13

[This message has been edited by Cipher13 (edited 08-25-2000).]

[elzinat]

ahhhh! that's what those lines are! I had never really bothered wondering about it. my eyes resolve so poorly as my vision dies that I can barely even make them out anymore. I don't really find them at all disturbing.

A caution about hitting your monitor. Most manufacturers do not recommend serious pounding on your display. Iiyama indicates that a shock or vibration (caused during transportation) may cause a black vertical line to apear on the screen and a slight shock applied by hand to the side of the monitor could unstick the misaligned aperture grille support wires (called dampers). I don't think Cipher 13 is recommending whacking a monitor to watch the picture jiggle for fun, but should anyone be inclined to experiment with this effect when nothing is wrong, I would be concerned for the integrity of this delicate support system.

[Cipher13]

if anyone actually went and smacked their monitor after me saying that, they deserve black lines on their screen. i was just getting across what it did and all... you get the idea.

Cipher13